US troop withdrawal a cause for NATO concern, German defense minister says

[rangerrebew]

US troop withdrawal a cause for NATO concern, German defense minister says

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer has told DW that the US threat to remove troops from Germany will not damage ties between the two countries, but it is cause for concern for the NATO alliance as a whole.

German Defense Minister AKK speaks with DW

German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer has suggested that a threat by Washington last month to pull out some 9,500 troops from the country will not damage ties between the two nations, however, the withdrawal plan will trigger a debate among NATO countries.

"If they [the troops] stay in Europe, then this remains a commitment towards NATO. But if they were to be restationed in the Indo-Pacific region, then that would indicate a change to US strategy, which then would spark a debate within NATO," Kramp-Karrenbauer told DW on Wednesday.

https://www.dw.com/en/us-troop-withdrawal-a-cause-for-nato-concern-german-defense-minister-says/a-54265176

[GtHawk]

Don't they have enough troops to cover our withdrawing 9500? Or is it really all about money and preferring someone else's sons risk getting killed?

[XenaLee]

AKK needs to pull up her big girl panties and accept the reality that the US is not their daddy.  Especially when their support of the US seems to be lacking, at best... and MIA when it comes to certain issues.  We Americans believe in "go big or go home".....and since it doesn't behoove us to go big in Germany....

"....Germany now polls as the most anti-American of any country in the European Union ...."

https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/06/angela-merkel-germany-anti-american-views/

Coronavirus: Germany Whips Up Anti-Americanism

https://peckford42.wordpress.com/2020/03/19/now-german-anti-americanism-iran-is-not-enough/

Personally... I say...

screw em.

[PeteS in CA]

Germany played defense budget chicken with the wrong US President and lost.